This website is dedicated to all soldiers of Pilipino descent who served in the United States military during WW11. The mission of this website is to reclaim our forgotten military history and heritage in the United States Armed Forces. Special recognition is given to the 7,000 Pilipinos in the U.S. Army 1^st, 2^nd Filipino Infantry Regiments, 1^st Reconnaissance Battalion, as well as to the additional Navy and the Merchant Marine personnel, mostly sent to liberate the Philippines, then a colonial possession of the United States from almost three years of Japanese occupation. Some of the Pilipino soldiers, already WW1 U.S. veterans in the Hawaiian Infantry would serve again in the Korean War. Significantly, their descendants would serve not only in the Korean and Vietnam wars, but also in the current Middle East military conflicts. This only proves that answering the call to military duty is a gift that soldiers of Pilipino descent in every generation keeps on giving to Uncle Sam, especially during times of wars.

An invaluable resource for the Filipino Infantry Regiments is

 http://geocities.com/laginguna1942

the highly recommended website owned by Sgt (Ret.) Pelagio A. Valdez, created to honor SSgt Pablo S. Valdez, his father who served in both of these WW11 Filipino Regiments.

Meanwhile, in our website, we start with the name list of our Pilipino WW11 Veterans from their respective home state of (military) record or state of residence. Most of the initial listings will come from the State of Hawaii, since my first genealogical project is about Pilipinos in Hawaii

http://filipinosgone2hawaii.tripod.com

Significant listings will be added for Pilipino WW11 veterans who served in the Philippines after they volunteered or were drafted to the US military service. They are the casualties and survivors of the Bataan Death March, POWs, Philippine Scouts, USAFFE, Navy, Coast Guards, Merchant Marine, Guerrilla forces and others. Gathering all these massive information will almost be a lifetime project, but then, such will be an insignificant task compared to what thousands of our soldiers had given all of us for the cause of freedom and liberty. Moreover, since the Philippines is the host country to the U.S. military bases, the role that the Pilipinos played in these wars that involved Asian countries like Japan, Korea & Vietnam can not and should not be ignored.

The awareness of our unique history is the responsibility of every living Pilipino. I offer you this website as a limited resource for WW11. It is my hope that my love for the Philippines history and culture overcome my lack of scholarly credential.

Pilipinos who served in WW11 U.S. Armed Forces

Philippine Army, a part of U.S. Armed Forces=100,000

Philippine Scouts=12,000

Pilipinos in the U.S. who served in the U.S. military=12,000

(we need better statistics than these, because there were 200,000 Pilipinos drafted by the Commonwealth government)

Congressional Medal of Honor (U.S. highest military award)

WW11 total awarded=347 & an addition of 22 Asian American Affirmative Action upgrade from Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

Short List of Pilipino soldiers awardees

Sgt Jose Calugas awarded 2/24/1942

SSgt Rudolph B. Davilla awarded 6/21/2002 (upgrade)

Many Pilipinos pay homage to the “Dambana ng Kagitingan,” a monument in Mt. Samat, Pilar, Bataan every 9^th of April during “Araw ng Kagitingan” (Day of Valor) to honor everyone who fought for our freedom in WW11.